Major Indexes Halve Losses Since Friday

As of about midday on Tuesday, the markets have swung between being positive, negative and flat. After a record 936.42 point gain for the Dow on Monday, which companies are withstanding the volatility and sustaining gains since Friday's close? Financials dominate the leaders.• The Dow has already swung 503.05 points from the intraday high of 9794.37 to the low of 9291.32-The Dow has gained over $333B in market cap since Friday's close, regaining half its $612B loss last week• The S&P has already swung 50.42 points from its intraday high of 1043.84 to the low of 993.42-The S&P has gained over $659B in market cap from Friday's close, regaining close to half of its $1.8T loss in market cap last week• The NASDAQ has already swung 106.05 points from its intraday high of 1896.95 to its low of 1790.90-The NASDAQ has gained over $334B in market cap from Friday's close• The VIX had gone up 5% to an intraday high of 57.65, but is currently back down to about 54.97

Positive S&P Companies: Top 5 By % Gain WTD: (471 companies out of 500 are positive for the week-to-date (WTD))• Morgan Stanley is up the most for the week, gaining over 125% WTD-MS has gained $4.2B in market cap since Friday-MS is trading well off its 52-wk low of $6.71 hit on 10/10/08, and is off 69% from the market peak on October 9, 2007• Genworth Financial is up 104% WTD-GNW has gained $1.3B in market cap since Friday-GNW is off its 52-wk low of 3.25 hit on 10/10/08, and is off almost 78% from the market peak on October 9, 2007• XL Capital is up almost 94% WTD-XL has gained $1.9B in market cap since Friday-XL is well off its low of $3.45 hit on 10/09/08, and is still off almost 87% from the market peak on October 9, 2007• National City is up almost 61% WTD-NCC has gained $436M in market cap since Friday-NCC is off its 52-wk low of $1.25 hit on 9/29/08, and is still off almost 88% from the market peak on October 9, 2007• KeyCorp is up over 58% WTD-KEY has gained $1.4B in market cap since Friday-KEY is off its 52-wk low of $5.75 hit on 10/10/08, and is still off over 68% from the market peak on October 9, 2007Negative S&P Companies by % Loss WTD: 29 companies are negative WTD• Dillards is down over 14% WTD-DDS has lost $518M in market cap since Friday-DDS is off its 52-wk low of $7.25 hit on 10/10/08, and is still off over 64% from the market peak on October 9, 2007• Sears Holding is down almost 10.4% WTD (Sears is the biggest loser by % loss WTD in the NASDAQ 100)-SHLD has lost over $2.6B in market cap since Friday-SHLD is off its 52-wk low of $61.51 hit on 10/10/08, and is still off over 57% from the market peak on October 9, 2007• CB Richard Ellis is down over 10.2% WTD-CBG has lost over $339M in market cap since Friday-CBG is off its 52-wk low $6.88 hit on 10/10/08, and is still off 71% from the market peak on October 9, 2007Positive Dow Companies by % Gain WTD: (28 out of 30 are positive week-to-date(WTD))• General Motors is up the most for the week, gaining almost 34% WTD-GM has gained over $930M in market cap since Friday-GM is still trading near its 52-wk low of $4 hit on 10/10/08, and is off almost 83% from the market peak on October 9, 2007• Citigroup is up almost 28% WTD-Citi has gained over $21B in market cap since Friday -Citi is off its 52-wk low of $12 hit on 10/10/08, and is still down almost 63% from the market peak on October 9, 2007• American Express is up almost 22% WTD-AXP has gained almost $6B in market cap since Friday-AXP is off its 52-wk low hit on 10/10/08, and is still down almost 54% from the market peak on October 9, 2007• AT&T is up almost 20% WTD-AT&T has gained almost $26B in market cap since Friday-AT&T is off its 52-wk low of $20.90 hit on 10/10/08, and is still down over 36% from the market peak on October 9, 2007• Alcoa is up over 19% WTD-Alcoa has gained almost $1.8B in market cap since Friday-Alcoa is off its 52-wk low of $10.51 hit on 10/10/08Negative Dow Companies: (Only 2 constituents are negative week-to-date (WTD))• General Electric continues to be a loser down over 5% this week despite the Dow's record point gain yesterday-GE has lost $11B in market cap since Friday's close-GE is off its intraday 52-wk low of $18.40, hit on 10/10/08, and is still down 51% from the market peak on October 9, 2007• JPMorgan is also down almost 3% for the week-JPM has lost $3.2B in market cap since Friday's close-JPM is well off its 52-wk low of $29.24 hit on 7/15/08